Long shot: book about good unusual garden plants to grow in England?

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this was on BBC radio in last few weeks, but I failed to catch name of author (arrggh).

The author was arguing that popular edible garden plants grown in England are not the best things to grow: they're hard to grow well and dead cheap to buy anyway. Example: potatoes & cauliflower. He said grow things like Saffron and, er, I can't remember what else. But it was all yummy, easy and pretty things to grow and often expensive to buy.

Does this sound even vaguely familiar? I can't think how to find out the title. Thought this book would make a nice Xmas present for DH.

Any help appreciated!!

Got it!
At least, this is as good as.

I was going to say James Wong. He also has a range of unusual seed collection in the Suttons seed/plant catalogue. Thought I might try growing Cucamelons and some of the other weird stuff.

Nifty :). We tried purple carrots this year (in Sainsbury's for Halloween). Noticeably different flavour (sweeter, not so tangy)

I'm sure it will have been the James Wong book, as he's been around a lot promoting it.

If your DH likes that sort of thing, Plants for a Future isn't new and glossy, but it is an amazing book (though it will probably mean that he wants another 10 acres to plant up!!!).

Geoff Hamilton - Ornamental Kitchen Garden

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